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Snapshot 69

FPG Child Development Institute
June
2013
Increased Teacher–Student Conflict Over School Year for Young African American Children

In the first study of teacherstudent relationships that examines student behaviors and literacy skills in an exclusively rural population, Kathleen C. Gallagher and colleagues have determined that boys and African American students experience increasing conflict with their teachers as the school year progresses.

Citation

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. (2013, June). Increased teacher–student conflict over school year for young African American children (Snapshot No. 69). Chapel Hill, NC: Author.